Captain Suing For Wrongful Termination

Cruise Captain Suing for Wrongful Termination

Remember back in January, when a negligent cruise ship captain ran his ship aground, killing 32 people? He now faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning the ship. The guy is evidently a horrible human being, let alone captain, and is suing the cruise line that employed him for wrongful termination. Francesco Schettino, according to his lawyer, reserves the right to appeal his “dismissal.” That’s cool. I wonder if the victims of his stupid actions also reserve the right to appeal their “dismissal.” Oh, right, they can’t. Because they’re dead.

And adding insult to injury, the cruise ship, Concordia, is still out there. It was supposed to be removed in January, but the company hired by Costa to pull it from the shallow depths of the Tuscany sea have issued a statement saying the ship won’t be removed until spring.

At the end of the day, it’s important to remember that you can slaughter 32 people and abandon your post, and still manage to be a crazy douchebag.

well, obviously the ship was drowned by Chuck Norris, but the captain is crazy for hoping to get out, although after the incident in Italy about law process about earthquake, I don’t know what to await from justice systems in the world….

OK, obviously someone approved of this article, which by the way is written in a total subjective manner. You weren’t in his shoes when the accident happened and everyone has the right to fight for what they want. Abandoning his post? Think for yourself, what is the first thing you do if a building catches fire? You get the hell out of there unless you’re a firefighter.

I agree that it wasn’t written objectively, and that his actions were somehow understandable if looked at with that analogy. However, what’s the first thing any large company does in scandalous/tragic cases? That’s right. Fire everybody in charge and anybody who could have somehow been at fault in any way. So it shouldn’t come to him as a surprise that he was let go.

So, you think the Captain who is solely responsible for EVERYONE on the ship that he just ran aground and whose responsibility is to get EVERYONE off that ship safely before he goes running away didn’t abandon his post? He wasn’t just another passenger who needed to get off as quickly as he could. He should have been just like your firefighter and get folks to safety before running for the hills!

What I meant is that his actions after the incident were humanly understandable. Would it have been better if he also died together with the other 32? I don’t think him not leaving his post would have made any difference. I think the man already went trough enough, with everyone on his case, that’s my opinion.

its their site they can write articles how they wish that being said, he neglected his duty as captain knowing full well the risks involved and killed people, you should have to lose your job for that.

I watched the documentary about this incident (not accident) and he was completely in the wrong. He knew for over an hour that the ship was going to sink and did nothing. Long story short, he is definitely crazy for trying to sue for wrongful termination

but none the less a news article should probably not make these biased conclusions without offering an opposing view, or at least point out thier own biases. These are things Philip Defranco usually does

You obviously don’t know what the fuck you are talking about. Research how it was his fault the ship crashed in the first place, how, after he was told the ship was going to sink, told none of the passengers or started an evac’, or how he was drunk off his face the ENTIRE TIME.

none the less a news article should show a little less emotional biased on a topic, at least without pointing it out or allowing for differing views. Otherwise it gets to a similar problem we have with some of the larger news sites, where they find their own views on a subject, then talk about the news as if their views are ultimately correct, and the viewers are left with one sided stories. (i agree that the captain is probably a douche bag, and i dont mind sourcefed/defranco think so too, but this is written in a way readers are pretty much given their opinion, rather than giving the news and letting them decide on a (possibly obvious) choice.)

so…the guy is suing for something he actually did and is calling it “wrongful termination”. Why haven’t scientist invented that black hole to throw assholes like Francesco Schettino into like Phil has said? If he wins that lawsuit, the family of the victims should sue him again so this asshole doesn’t get shit.